Comment

Representation ID: 22361

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Canal & River Trust

The Trust welcomes the support given to the retention of the most important trees and hedgerows within the Black Country. The proposed requirement for landscape buffers alongside these natural assets is consistent with the suggestion outlined by the Trust in our comments on ENV7. We also welcome the ambitions for new tree planting (point 4). Our proposals for a 'Great Canal Orchard' explained in our
comments on policy ENV7) could make a valuable contribution to this and we suggest that a reference to it in the plan would increase the likelihood of developers contributing to the initiative.